The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

HARRY, aged nine, son of w. Beauclerk of
Irasburgh, was drowned last week.
JAMES HOLLOWAY has been appointed
deputy collector of customs at St. Adams.
ORIsoN JosELYN of Westfield, aged sixty,
was fatally injured by horse last Friday.
ALBERT II. FUTILE has leased the Bates
House, Rutland and will take possession
October LIST.
A BAND of robbers entered e. G. Garvins
house in Richford the other night, but were
driven away.
p. L. BARNUM and his grandson, Master
Seeey, attended service at the Universalist
church, st. Adams, on Sunday.
A FIvE-yEAR-oLD boy named Fraden-
burgh was drowned at North Bennington
while playing on the river bank.
REV. w. b. HAGUE, late of South Bridge
ton, Maine has accepted call to the Con
gregational church at New Haven.
THE Elm House at Danville, for many
years owned by the late Dr. Woodward is
leased to j. G. Rooney of st. Johnsbury.
BURLINGTON had a heavy thunder and
rain-storm last week, accompanied by a gale
which did considerable damage to roofs and
trees.
REV. S. II. ARCHIBALD of Wallingford has
Just been unanimously called to the pastor
ate of the North Baptist church. Brockton,
Mass.
THE August term of the supreme court
for Lamoille county will be held in Hyde
Park August Is. There are but five cases
on the docket.
THE Central House, Swanton, was bur-
glarized the oath, Mr.. Kelley, the proprietor,
losing $50 in cash and a watch and chain
valued at $500.
AS a general rule the apple crop in Char
lotte is failure. In most cases the trees
blossomed heavily, but the fruit dropped
off if il set at all.
DAVID JOHNSON, an Englishman, stabbed
Emmett Gibson of Richford with a pitchfork
the other day He has been committed to
Jail in default of $500.
WYMAN II. MERRITT, manager of the
Lake House at Lake Dunmore, in Salisbury,
died very suddenly on Thursday, it is sup
posed from paralysis of the heart.
C. w. NEWELL of Brattleboro, whose eye
was cut half an inch across the corner by
the explosion of a soda-water bottle the
other day, will probably lose the sight of it.
A YOUNG man named Barton stepped his
left foot into vat of boiling colored water
at the brush factory in Burlington and his
leg was literally cooked as far up as his
knee.
RITCHIE & WARDEN's store at West Bar
net was burgarized last week Tuesday
night and over 500 worth of goods stolen,
including jewelry, dress goods, etc There
is no clue to the burglars.
THE centennial of Castleton Seminary,
now the State Normal School, will be cele-
brated August 10, and the fall term will be-
gin August rs. Under Principal Leaven-
worth the school is very successful.
THE house of Harvey Fletcher in Lowell
was struck by lightning Thursday night and
Mrs. Fletcher was instantly killed, while
her husband was paralyzed. He will re-
cover. They were asleep in bed at the time.
Tuu axaontiva cou,nittaa If tba Savap-
teenth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Re-
union Association met in Burlington last
week, when it was decided to hold its
second annual reunion in that city Octo-
Der 9Th.
A SAD accident occurred at East Highgate
the oath. Two boys-one the son of George
Raymo, aged twelve years, the other a son
of Joe Martin aged ten years-while bath
ing in the river were drowned. The bodies
were recovered.
THE following patents have been granted
to Vermonters: F. b. Brock, Washington,
d. c., assignor to g. III. Emerson, Burling-
ton, toboggan: f. II. Brown, Bennington
clutch and brake; G. c. johnson, assignor
to II. II. Mason, Springfield, mop-head
THE state fair to be held at Howard Park
Burlington, September 1916, bids fair to be
the best exhibition yet held on those
grounds. The management will endeavol
to have the races in keeping with the other
features and have offered 81, 475 in purses.
The stockholders in the Burlington
CNpper association are f. b. Taft, l.. f
Englesby, n. X Brown, j. f. Harris, w. b
McKillip, j. j. Flynn, A. n. Johns, j. b.
Wheeler, S. w. Landon, d. j. Foster and
H. Fl. Ross. Principal Landon is president
and DR.. Wheeler the vice-president of the
association.
ROBERT SEYMOUR, aged eighteen years,
son of Horato Seymour, came to st. Adams
tl1a tf u fatx
cation days on his fathers farm. In the
afternoon, while indulging in pistol practice
he accidentally shot himself in the head
inficting serious wound. The ball did
not penetrate the brain, but broke the outer
table of the skull. He is quite comfortable
and bids fair to recover
The yearly meeting of the Union Tenn
perance Camp-meeting Association of Yer
mont will be held at Lyndonville August
18th and at Mortified August 18th. Rev
w. II. Boole, ID D., of New York city, Rev
w. n. Brodbeck, ID, of Boston, and Rev
Louis Albert Banks of Washington Ter
ritory will address each meeting. Speca
excursion rates on the lines of the Pas
sumpsic and Central Vermont railroads.
THE sparks from the engine set fire to
large freight-train on the Central Vernon
railroad south of st. Armand, Quebec, las
Wednesday, The engineer ran the trar
rapidly until he reached Highgate Springs
the trainmen disconnected the cars Will,
under full Roadway, leaving the burning
cars by themselves. Four cars loaded will
telegraph poles in bond for export to En-
gland were entirely consumed.
The stockholders of the Rutland Railroad
Company held their annual meeting las
week. The directors were reelected as fol
lows: Charles Clement of Rutland, join
w. Stewart of Middlebury, George III. Bel
of Boston, William Wells and Bradley b
Smalley of Burlington, Silas Pierce anC
Charles G.. White of Boston, Charles Ans
den of Amsden, Percval w. Clement o
Rutland. Charles Clement was re-electe,
president and Percival W. Clement vice
president
THERE was an entertainment given a
South Hero the other night by travelling
troupe of glass-blowers and a baby SHOW
under the management of Mr.. &. o. Magoon
which was quite exciting, especially tin
last act. Two of the performers got into
quarrel in their room in Keeler's Hotel
where one of the party says to himself; "
will go down and get another drink o
Keeler's rum and do that Dutchman.
There happened to be pedlar staying there
that night, occupying the next room, ant
hearing the remarks and being Dutchmal
also took the remarks for himself and YER
foolishly jumped out of the window, dis
lance Of twenty feet to the ground, an,
broke his leg.-F'ree Press CorreSponden
The storm of Thursday of last week wa
severe in some parts of the state. A houS
on the Farrell place in Charlotte wa
wrecked by lightning. William Foot
house was also struck and two ladies wer
1 -, III.